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The Sword That Pierced Christ Removed the Sword Guarding Paradise - Part 2
By Dr. Thomas Joseph During the Great Lent of 2004, we witnessed the Passion of the Christ turn into a popular topic of conversation—rather unprecedented in recent memory... |
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Women and Spirituality
By Farida Boulos I have not studied theology but I am attempting to live theology, to answer Christ's call to love God and my neighbor. |
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St. Augin (Eugene), The Pearl Diver
By Fr. Dale Johnson St. Augin was a pearl diver for 25 years. He was born on an island of Clysma near the town of modern day Suez. |
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MGSOSA Southern Regional Spring Conference 2005
By Rev. Dn. Martin Babu & Rev. Dn. Zacharia Varghese Building upon success in fall 2004, St. Mary’s Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church (Dallas) volunteered to host the MGSOSA Spring 2005 Southern Regional conference at their parish in Carrollton, TX. |
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St. Mark the Evangelist
By Chev. Dr. Mathews Abraham ‘Mark’ (Marcus) was the Latin surname and ‘John’ the common Hebrew name of the evangelist. St. Mark was the associate and co-worker of the chiefs of the apostles, namely St. Peter and St. Paul. |
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Christ and the Easter Bunny
by Jaya Paily Our culture is constantly modifying its old customs into more, open-minded customs that every individual can accept. It seems as though holidays have also been the subject of transform in our culture. |
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The Place of Jewels and Gold among the Orthodox Clergy
By John Arnold Among the many things that will shock an outsider to Orthodoxy is the seeming incongruity between Orthodoxy's emphasis of poverty... |
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The Magnificent God
By Mike Wingert Limited in our own thinking, human beings cannot fully comprehend the incomprehensible. God, who is the strongest and most abounding of all things, cannot be placed in confines nor limited. |
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No Subtitles Needed for Passionate Syriacs
By Barbara Williams, North New Jersey Media Group Joseph Marani went to the movies twice this weekend, to see the same film. The first time he focused on the content and let his ear get used to the accent. |
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The Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian
Translated by Antoine B. and Saveg B This is a magnificent story of a building that witnessed history and survived centuries. It is a building that has become a part of the history of early Christianity. |
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The Medical Aspects of Fasting
By Chev. Dr. Mathews Abraham Fasting is one of the longest established disciplines of the human body. Fasting literally means a total or partial abstinence from food for a certain period of time... |
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The Great Lent in the View of Bar Ebroyo
By Fr. Dr. Biji Chirathilattu The famous thirteenth century Syrian Orthodox Maphrian Yuhanon Gregorios Aboul Faraj Bar Ebroyo (1225/6–1286), commonly known in the West as Bar Hebraeus ... |
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